.500/465 Nitro Express Explained

.500/465 Nitro Express
Origin:	United Kingdom
Type:	Rifle
Designer:	Holland & Holland
Design Date:	1907
Production Date:	1907
Parent:	.500 Nitro Express in
Case Type:	Rimmed, bottleneck
Bullet:	.467
Land:	.459
Neck:	.488
Shoulder:	.527
Base:	.570
Rim Dia:	.645
Rim Thick:	.040
Case Length:	3.25
Length:	3.91
Primer:	Berdan 0.254 inch
Bw1:	480
Vel1:	2150
En1:	4930
Test Barrel Length:	28 inches
Balsrc:	municon.org^[1] & Kynoch^[2]

The .500/465 Nitro Express is a large bore centerfire rifle cartridge developed by Holland & Holland and introduced in 1907.

Development

The .500/465 Nitro Express is one of several rounds (including the .470 Nitro Express, .475 Nitro Express, .475 No. 2 Nitro Express and .476 Nitro Express) developed as a replacement for the .500/450 Nitro Express following the British authorities' 1907 ban of military caliber ammunition in India and the Sudan, all with comparable performance.^[3]

Holland & Holland created the .500/465 Nitro Express by necking down the .500 Nitro Express in.^[4]

The .500/465 Nitro Express is designed for use in single-shot and double rifles.

See also

• Nitro Express
• 12 mm caliber
• List of rifle cartridges

References

Bibliography

• Barnes, Frank C. & Amber, John T., Cartridges of the World, DBI Books, Northfield, 1972, .
• Kynoch Ammunition, Big Game Cartridges, kynochammunition.co.uk.(2015-01-01), retrieved 30 Dec 14.
• Municon, .500/.465 Nitro Express, municion.org (Archived 2015-01-03), retrieved 31 Dec 14.
• Wieland, Terry, Nitro Express: The Big Bang of the Big Bang(2015-01-01), retrieved 30 Dec 14.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Municon, .500/.465 Nitro Express. . https://web.archive.org/web/20141231034510/http://www.municion.org/500Ne/500Ne.htm . 2014-12-31 . live . 2014-12-31 .
2. Web site: Kynoch, 500/465 NE. . https://web.archive.org/web/20141110125350/http://www.kynochammunition.co.uk/500-465%20NE.htm . 2014-11-10 . dead . 2014-12-31.
3. Barnes & Amber, p 229.
4. Wieland.